McGraw, Urban, Lambert headline MIS' Faster Horses 2014 lineup

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Jan 13, 2014 at 11:25 AM

By Daily Telegram staff

Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert are among some of the top names in country music announced Monday for the second annual Faster Horses Festival at the Irish Hills’ Michigan International Speedway.

The three-day concert, billed by promoters as a “hillbilly sleepover,” is planned for July 18-20.

Three-day festival passes and camping go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 23. The passes are $180 and do not include camping. There are no single-day passes. They will be for sale online at fasterhorsesfestival.com.

MIS President Roger Curtis said Monday he is “very excited” that the Faster Horses Festival is returning to the grounds of Michigan International Speedway.

“We’ve had a long-term vision to add music festivals to our schedule here at MIS, and last year we partnered with the best in class in concert promotions — Live Nation — for the inaugural Faster Horses.”

Curtis said the festival was a “resounding success for all involved,” from Live Nation to the music artists, “and probably just as importantly, the community.”

Last summer’s successful first run featured more than 20,000 fans per day.

“We were completely blown away by the response last year and it’s pushing us to keep making it bigger and better,” Brian O’Connell, creator of Faster Horses Festival and Live Nation president of country touring, said in a news release. “With this festival and Watershed out in Washington, we are focused on giving the fans a unique experience unlike anything out there.”

O’Connell said that in addition to the musical groups, the festivals also feature late-night jams, waterslides, huge swings, nine different camping grounds “and even horse vaulting.”

“If the fans keep showing up, we’ll keep trying to surprise them with whatever crazy ideas we come up with next,” O’Connell added.